This documentary tells the story of Moana Ngārimu the sole soldier from the Māori Battalion to be awarded (posthumously) the Victoria Cross during WWII. On 26th March 1943, at Tebaga Gap in Tunisia, the Second Lieutenant took a key position and defended it (as well as injured men) overnight, before being killed in a counter-attack. He was 24. The doco was made for TVNZ for the 50th anniversary of his death. It looks at his life and features moving archive and interviews with Ngārimu's friends and family in Ruatoria, and battalion comrades. Presented by Wira Gardiner.

Key Cast & Crew

Pere Maitai

Sean Rundle

As I looked at them you know I knew what Mum and Dad and Aunty Mataroa would have thought: that the Victoria Cross was alright, you know for valour, and they accepted that, but I think deep down in their hearts they were really sorry that our brother didn’t come back in person.